Biographical Records
Notable People from New York
17,567 notable figures born in New York, showing page 180 of 352, ranked by historical prominence.
Marcellus H. Evans
1884 - 1953
politicianlawyer
Francis Stuart Chapin
1888 - 1974
sociologistuniversity teacher
Daniel Joseph Griffin
1880 - 1926
politicianlawyer
William M. Clark
1884 - 1964
biochemistuniversity teacherchemist
Arthur H. Wicks
1887 - 1985
lieutenant governorpoliticianbusinessperson
Melville Gideon
1884 - 1933
lyricistsongwriterpianist
Nelson Doubleday
1889 - 1949
publisherbusinessperson
Roy Turnbull Black
1888 - 1962
chess playerjudge
Thomas Read
1881 - 1962
politicianlawyer
William Wagner
1883 - 1964
film actoractor
Charles A. Dana
1881 - 1975
politician
John J. Reynolds
1889 - 1987
marathon runnerathletics competitor
Sir James Horlick, 4th Baronet
1886 - 1972
cricketerart collectorentrepreneur
Joe Birmingham
1884 - 1946
baseball player
John Grey
1885 - 1964
screenwriter
John Kilpatrick
1889 - 1960
American football playerathletics competitormilitary personnel
Stella Hammerstein
1882 - 1975
film actorstage actoractor
Henry Otho
1888 - 1940
film actoractor
Louise Pettibone Smith
1887 - 1981
biblical scholaracademictranslator
Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne
1889 - 1928
poetwriter
Samuel Shipman
1883 - 1937
playwrightscreenwriter
Anna Alice Chapin
1880 - 1920
novelistwriter
Ben Taggart
1889 - 1947
actor
Olive Kline
1887 - 1976
opera singer
Adelaide Lawson
1889 - 1986
painter
Fred Waller
1886 - 1954
technicianfilm directorinventor
George Adam Pfeiffer
1889 - 1943
mathematician
Elsie Spicer Eells
1880 - 1963
anthropologistwriter
Joe Fogler
1884 - 1930
track cyclist
Grace Brown
1886 - 1906
laborer
Ed Wachter
1883 - 1966
basketball playerbasketball coach
John Hyde Sweet
1880 - 1964
politician
Joseph Franz
1883 - 1970
film directoractor
Lucille Lee Stewart
1889 - 1982
film actor
Mark S. Watson
1887 - 1966
newspaper editorcorrespondent
Stanhope Wheatcroft
1888 - 1966
silent film actorfilm actoractor
Irving Kaufman
1890 - 1976
singer
Francis Peabody Magoun
1895 - 1979
literary scholarliterary criticjournalist
John G. Alexander
1893 - 1971
politicianlawyer
Fred Hall
1898 - 1954
jazz musicianbandleadersongwriter
Roy Walter Riehlman
1899 - 1978
operatorentrepreneurpolitician
Sig Herzig
1897 - 1985
screenwriter
James J. Murphy
1898 - 1962
brokerpoliticianbusinessperson
James H. Fay
1899 - 1948
politician
Elizabeth Coatsworth
1893 - 1986
novelistchildren's writerpoet
George Schneiderman
1894 - 1964
cinematographer
David Boehm
1893 - 1962
screenwriter
Harold Beaudine
1894 - 1949
film directorscreenwriter
E. Roland Harriman
1895 - 1978
financier
Irwin Salmon Chanin
1891 - 1988
architect